{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9712705","patent":{"patent_number":"US-9712705","title":"Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus with memory management for Z-folded documents","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2016-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2017-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["H04N","H04N","H04N","H04N","H04N","H04N"],"num_claims":13,"abstract":"An image reading apparatus which includes an image reading section and a document conveyance section, the image reading apparatus including: a document size detector which detects a document size of the document; and a processor configured to detect whether or not a Z-fold exists in the document for which the document size is detected by the document size detector; unfold a Z-folded part of a Z-folded document for which a Z-fold is detected; and assign image data of the image to a page memory on the basis of the document size detected by the document size detector and whether or not a Z-fold is detected."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus with memory management for Z-folded documents","description":"An image reading apparatus which includes an image reading section and a document conveyance section, the image reading apparatus including: a document size detector which detects a document size of t","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9712705","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9712705","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus with memory management for Z-folded documents\" (US-9712705). https://patentable.app/patents/US-9712705","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9712705","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-9712705","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-06-06T16:52:29.823Z"}